Ruben and Stewart, both affiliated with Rutgers University, offer a rigorous yet readable introduction to the study of communication in human affairs. Employing a thorough description of a
variety of approaches and using the cohering insights of systems theory, they outline the history of communication study and examine communication as a basic life process. New to this edition
area an increased emphasis on research, profiles highlighting the work of contemporary scholars, and discussion of communication technology, family communications, and leadership. Annotation
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